Archiwum Państwowe we Wrocławiu

The State Archive in Wrocław was created 1811 as the Silesian Provincial Archive (Das Schlesische Provinzialarchiv). In 1867 it was reorganized and named the State Archive in Wrocław (Staatsarchiv Breslau). In 1906 the modern archival building was open at Tiergartenstrasse 13 (today Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej street). During the siege of Breslau this building was completely destroyed together with the holdings. Some of the documents evacuated by the German authorities during the war were recuperated, some other perished (i.a. 80% of parchment documents). After the war the Polish authorities reactivated the State Archive in Wrocław in the former Labor Office (Arbeitsamt) building at 2 Pomorska street (formally inaugurated December 17th, 1946). In 1951 this archive was united with Municipal Archive of Historical Records (in existence from 1948).  

The State Archive in Wrocław possesses 2456 collections and archival fonds. Among them there are records of principalities, monasteries, towns, as well as the vital records from the Catholic and Evangelic parishes. Later holdings contains of records of state administration, local administration, judiciary and financial institutions. 

The access is regulated by Instruction No. 4 of the Head Office of State Archives in Poland, dated February 1, 2013.